Most of them are mountain streams with clear water and gravel or rocky bottoms. This behavior is directly linked to the character of the local rivers. In large rivers they swim in circles patrolling the larger pools when searching for food. Strange you might say? Not in New Zealand. However, on a clear, sunny noon they like to “sunbathe” in 25cm shallow water. Everything over there happens slightly in slow motion and although the local English accent is amazing and impossible to be confused for any other country, people are very friendly and are eager to talk with the tourists. No wonder then that people and animals also have slightly different customs. Even the water in the tub when drained twists in the opposite direction (The Coriolis Effect). Middle of January over there is a middle of summer. That means that our midnight is a high noon in New Zealand. I constantly had a feeling that I can see things I know but through a crooked mirror. Everything over there is strange and slightly different than back home. New Zealand is a land so far away from Europe that it seems almost like it is from a fairy tale. Despite the fact that a lot of time had passed since my last trip over there, the memories from that country are so vivid that all it takes for me is to close my eyes and I can see myself being taken back again to this magical land. I visited the Southern Island with my friends twice – in 20. This was one of my greatest angler’s dreams since I became a trout fisherman.
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